Kombucha Cocktail Recipe | Vaquero New Year Drink
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Kombucha Cocktail Recipe | Vaquero New Year Drink

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The final recipe in our roundup of holiday kombucha cocktails is here!

Meet the Vaquero New Years. This delicious concoction is a mix of smoky Mezcal and Angostura bitters to create a beautifully tasty concoction. Add edible flowers for garnish as desired for a delicate look and sip as needed for Holiday stress relief. This cocktail is the perfect way to ring in a new year!

Ingredients:

1.5oz Premium Mezcal

.75oz Lime juice

12 dashes Angostura Bitters

.5oz Citrus Shrub

1oz Ginger Spice & Everything Nice kombucha (formerly Holiday Cheers)

To make:

Combine all ingredients into cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into coupe glass. Add optional edible flowers for garnish. Repeat as needed for Holiday stress relief. Enjoy!

Today's blog is written by our very own Daina Trout, MS, MPH

Daina is not just our Co-Founder, she is also a nutritionist that has spent her adult life dedicated to finding and sharing health and wellness through food. With 2 masters' degrees in nutritional biochemistry and public health, Daina has called upon her education often while leading the way at Health-Ade - from how we make every batch of kombucha, to how we talk about gut health to consumers, to even how healthy our employee workplace is! She even writes a few blogs here and there. Happy reading! :)

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